Game plate



Sept. 22, 1925. 1,554,768

E.- W. STODDART G AME PLATE Filed Nov, 1, 1924 EDUVIN STGDBl-llltfil, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed November 1, 1924;. Serial No. 743,160.

To (4. 'u'iuiim may (items/vi Be it known that l, EDWIN l i 'LUETEJRJITQa citizen ot the llnited States, and :1 rev dent of th borough ofllronit. county of Bronx, city and fitate of New York. have invented acertain new and useitnl liai'ne late. of which the following is a speciition siiltticient to enable those coni'm'snit with the art to which theinvention as a tains to utilize the same.

llly in'ipro'veinents relate to names and apparatus in which one or moreballs ..i used to attain a score by propulsive location on a plate orboard -torined with a plurality of on'clatcd rcccptzu'les or pocketsbovine prescribed tally valuations or denominations; and are designed toafford intercst ng; play problems incidental to the scientific structureof what may be designateiil for convenient functional indication as ahorizontal target affording scope 'lor skilled periorinance inconjunction thcrewitlu all herei'na'lter 'lully set forth. the inventionconsisting essentially in the spcc'lic construction and arrangement otparts described and claimed. and a distinctive l'eature being theconoidal upper snrtacc of the target plate formed with a central or bullseye pocket, in co-rclation with one or more concentric grooves and withintervening annular inclined planes of 'irescribed extensioi'i. asrelated to said recessed portions oi, the target plate snbstznitially asshown.

Iln the accompanying drawings ll illns trate a practical embodiment oithe essential features of my invention, although l do not limit myselfto the identical construction shown by way ot emaniplii'ication sincemodifications may be made in minor details, and equivalent mechanicalexpedients resorted to, with like results, and without departing'El'Oll'l the spirit and intent of my invention in this respect.

With this understanding Fig. l is a top view or plan of my game nC: v...

Fin 2, a central. vertical section thereof, taken upon plane of line 22, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, is a central sectional detail upon a larger scale, of one hall:the d ameter oi the plate, illustrating the superficial PI'OJQC- tronthercot;

F1 l: is a central sectional detail sinn- 2 lar to l' 3, showing alnodihcation in structure and illustrating the function or the recesses,conoldal planes, etc.

My horizontal target i solid of any suitable meter in Figs. 2 and 3 otthe draw be made of sheet metal so moulded into the requis 1e cated inFig. l, as may be pedient in adapting it ments of use, since a tingeinay be utilized for indoor or or ainuseniient and may be ii ly ofrelatively large or miniature sions with lilre results in so for i ategame requirements and cendl. concerned.

lln general external Ql)lll'l, ;iil horizontal target T, issuperficially oi" niate conoidal character, consist g; or. a flat baseline Z), and l'iaviiuz; a central apexial portion of iuairiinnin heightor thickness in which the bulls-eye or medial pocket or recess a isformed.

Concentric with this apcxial bulls-eye pocket a l 'torni .iny tarqet T.with one or more annular grooves or pool-tots. preferably two thereof(4Q (6 as exemplified in the drawings, although l do not restrictn'iyselt in this respect because the essential features oit appropriategame play may be tor-inulated in accordance with one or any desiredplural nuniber'ot such concentric pockets in conjunction with thecentral bulls-eye o according to simplicity or complication (it play orconditions desired.

The circiunsc:ibiug cdgijc oi the hulls eye pocket o and thecirciunscrihing edges ot the concentric groove pocket or pockets are ofprescribed horizontal extension when the plate 'l, is positionedproperly on a horizon tal support. Thus the inner edge of an annulargroove pocket cannot obstruct the passage of a ball provided the latterhas sutticient momentum to clear the mouth ot the groove.

The intervening annular suprn'l'icial spaces between the hulls-eyepocket and the concentric groove pockets are prescribed in in clinationsubstantially asiillustrated in Fig. 3, of the drawings. Thus, beginningat the circumferential edge c, of the plate T a relatively steep gradeor incline represented by the line 1, extends to the exterior edge ofthe concentric annular groove 0, and the inclination oi the annularplane or surface between the annular grooves a and (A is prescribed by aline 2 projected from said edge to the exterior edge of the c, of theplate 'l groove c and in like manner the inclination of thecorresponding annular plane between said annular groove (0 and the edgeof the bulls-eye (4*, is prescribed by a line 3 projected from said edgee, of the plate and the rear edge of the groove a it being understoodthat the angles of inclination of intervening concentric planes shown byway of exemplification may be increased or diniinished as may be foundmost expedient in adapting the target to various requirements ot' 11116etc.

inns constructed and arranged, the upper superficial area ot my targetis adapted to at. rd co-related lines and edges of least re sistance tothe advance of a ball thereover, the limiting ot the edges of thepockets to co-related horizontal extension being an iniportant factor inthis respect conjointly With the intervening planes of prescribedinclina tion as set forth.

ll hat I -laiin as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

l. A horizontal game target of the character designated, 0t .proxhnateconoidal superlicial configuration, formed with a central bulls-eyepocket, and a concentric groove pocket the edges of each 0t said pocketsbe ing in a horizontal plane as related to each other and to the baseline of the target, substantially in the manner and for the purpose setforth.

2. A horizontal game target of the charac ter designated, of proximateconoidal superficial configuration, formed With a central bulls-eyepocket, and a plurality of concentrio groove pockets the edges of eachof said pockets being in a horizontal plane as related to each other andto the base line of the target, substantially in the manner and "for thepurpose set forth.

3. A horizontal game target of the character designated, of proximateeonoidal superficial configuration, formed with a central bulls-eyepocket, and a plurality of concentric groove pockets, the edges of eachof said pockets being in a horizontal plane as related to each other andto the base line of the target, together with intervening planes ofprescribed inclination betw on said pockets, substantially in the mannerand for the purpose set forth.

EDWIN W. STODDART.

